Reader Snapshots March 22-26 No. 2

PALM CITY -- These angelic orchids were photographed with a Canon EOS Rebel XS at my meema's house.

Kristen Rydberg

VERO BEACH -- A great white egret on take off. Taken with a Canon Rebel XSI and 250mm lens.

Bob Walsack

PORT ST. LUCIE -- Little Peter thought he would feed the sandhill cranes and their newborns. Taken with a Samsung Digimax 7.0.

Peter Hardman

VERO BEACH -- A turkey vulture in flight. Taken with a Canon Rebel XSI and 250mm lens.

Bob Walsack

PORT ST. LUCIE -- Another sign of Spring. Taken at Savanna Club on a recent sun-filled day.

Judith Emling

FORT PIERCE -- Light after the storm. Taken with a Kodak EasyShare camera at sunset after a storm had passed over our office.

Gary Morris

PALM CITY -- This solitary bird walked around a pond in Palm City Farms and posed for 20 minutes before this shot. He appeared to be just stretching his beak. Taken with a Canon EOS XS with 75-300 lens.

Bob Castellano

VERO BEACH -- Orange blossoms on T.J.'s tree in Smugglers Cove. Her son received the tree as a present when he turned 9 last year.

Liz Kenney

PORT ST. LUCIE -- Woodpecker.

Sal Vitrella

PORT ST. LUCIE -- The photographer "receives regular morning visits from this hawk."

PORT ST. LUCIE -- A bright male cardinal. Taken with a Nikon Coolpix 8.1MP camera.

FORT PIERCE -- Mother sandhill crane being very protective of her eggs. Father is providing additional protection.

JUPITER -- This pelican at the Jupiter Inlet had obviously bitten off more than he could chew. Taken with a Canon PowerShot SX10IS.

FORT PIERCE -- Reflection in a vintage corvette at the Indian River State College Classic Car Show.

PALM CITY -- Relatively rare yellow-crowned night heron with distinguishing characteristics on head and wings. Taken in Canoe Creek subdivision after a heavy rain on March 12.

FORT PIERCE -- Sandhill crane family with their 3-day-old babies near Brocksmith Road. Taken with a Nikon P90 Coolpix camera with the 24X zoom about 75 yards away with the regular setting zoomed in all the way.

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- Mom, Dad and the kids enjoying a day at the beach (aka, a sand trap at Hammock Creek).

FORT PIERCE -- Mother and father sandhill crane on a canal with one of two chicks. Taken on March 22 with Fugifilm S5000 camera.

SEBASTIAN -- This Red Bellied Woodpecker is nesting in a dead pine tree in the photographer's back yard. "One good reason to not to cut down dead trees, which are called "snags". Wildlife makes good use of them." Taken with a Kodak Easy Share digital camera.

PALM CITY -- A Great Blue Heron begins nesting at Pandarvis Park. Taken shortly before sunset with a JVC High Definition video camera and a 1200 mm lens

VERO BEACH -- This one day old sandhill crane chick stands ready to leave its nest. Shortly after this picture was taken, its parents led the chick away from the nest and into the marsh. Taken with a JVC high definition video camera and a 500 mm lens.

FELLSMERE -- An adventurous day kayaking at Blue Cypress Lake; Taken with a Canon Power Shot SD450 Elph.

HOBE SOUND -- The Pine School junior Jack Rica and science department chair Dr. Darryl Martino show off the results of their efforts to rid Hobe Sound's historic Banner Lake area of dangerous invasive species on March 16. Classes were suspended for all Upper School students at The Pine School that day to allow community service projects such as this one to take place.

VERO BEACH -- A monarch butterfly caterpillar rests in the afternoon sun. Taken at McKee Botanical Gardens with a Nikon D3000.

FORT PIERCE -- Baby screech owls, on their first "outing." Taken with a Canon Digital, Powershot SX10IS with a 20Xzoom lens.

STUART -- Florida's endangered wood storks are beautiful in flight. Taken with a Canon A720 IS.

SEBASTIAN -- Mother and her baby out food hunting. Taken with a Samsung BL 1050 digital camera.

SEBASTIAN -- A pelican relaxing at the inlet. Taken with a Samsung BL 1050 digital camera.

SEBASTIAN -- Pelicans relaxing at the inlet. Taken with a Samsung BL 1050 digital camera.

PORT ST. LUCIE -- Patrick Bettiol, working out with A gallon of ice tea while treading water for 10 minutes, is preparing to enter college on football scholarship in Texas. He and family were visiting their grandparents, George and Sheila Snyder, at Savanna Club. "Gramma, who taught swimming for 23 years, was his coach."